Habitat - Indoor :: algae attack

[turrbee]

since getting a sucker fish is not an option.. (i read at another post)
wut to do?

[turtle_nz]

i have suckers in my tank and they have been alive for over 2 months, but i have a huge tank with plenty of places to hide...

you can buy liquids that get rid of algae, but im not sure what effect they would have on the lil turtles..

[steve]

Can you prevent the exposure of light going into the tank? How bad is the problem?

[turrbee]

ummm..
how to prevent the exposure of light?
i have no idea

but yea
it's mostly on the side where the basking light is
on the rock and the heater too

[flutterby]

Do you have your tank near a window? That would be the light you'd have to block from your tank.

[turrbee]

Do you have your tank near a window? That would be the light you'd have to block from your tank.

yes i do
but the blinds are always down
and i dun think it's the sunlight cuz the half where it is close to the window doesnt have algae
it's the side where the basking light hits has algae

[Muirner]

I have been reading up on how to conquer things such as algee so i'm prepaired for my next tank. The things that i've found are, plants. Plants that are top floating with roots will help absorb the nutrience that algee thrives on.

Ontop of that, bubbles. As simple as it sounds the nutrience that algie likes will cling to an air bubble. Things such as bubble stones and whatknot will provide some "bubble exposure" but the true way of doing that is like they do in salt water aquariums. Is with a protein skimmer. You can find them for 50 to a couple hundered dollars.

[marisa]

Partial water changes help as well.

[turrbee]

I have been reading up on how to conquer things such as algee so i'm prepaired for my next tank. The things that i've found are, plants. Plants that are top floating with roots will help absorb the nutrience that algee thrives on.

Ontop of that, bubbles. As simple as it sounds the nutrience that algie likes will cling to an air bubble. Things such as bubble stones and whatknot will provide some "bubble exposure" but the true way of doing that is like they do in salt water aquariums. Is with a protein skimmer. You can find them for 50 to a couple hundered dollars.

hmmm
can you suggest some 'plants that are top floating with roots'?
i have plants in my tank
im actually thinking to take it out
cuz it is covered with algae

[turrbee]

Partial water changes help as well.

yea i change twice a week
is it often enough??

[Muirner]

turrbee - one plant i found was a Greater Duckweed (Salvinia auriculata). It's a type of duckweed which is somethign listed as what RES's eat, so i figure that will be benificial... here is what it says below it for a description:

"a floating plant that produces long, hairy roots that efficiently remove phosphate and nitrates from new aquariums, depriving algae of nutrients in the water column. The plant is effective even in aquariums that have been overrun with algae because they will continue to grow and prosper under these conditions unlike other plants. As the plant reproduces, I remove the plantlets as a measure of how much the nurients are being reduced."

That is one plant. All will do it to some degree